Release version 1.9.3

Arch Linux ARM currently ships a broken/out-of-sync nix package with
unresolvable dependencies. Declare nix as a hard dependency only on
x86_64 and as optional on other architectures, allowing installation
while relying on the official Nix installer bootstrap.

https://chatgpt.com/share/695e483c-1f68-800f-9f94-87d5295b871d

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [1.9.3] - 2026-01-07
+
+* Made the Nix dependency optional on non-x86_64 architectures to avoid broken Arch Linux ARM repository packages.
+
+
 ## [1.9.2] - 2025-12-21
 
 * Default configuration files are now packaged and loaded correctly when no user config exists, while fully preserving custom user configurations.

flake.nix

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         rec {
           pkgmgr = pyPkgs.buildPythonApplication {
             pname   = "package-manager";
-            version = "1.9.2";
+            version = "1.9.3";
 
             # Use the git repo as source
             src = ./.;

packaging/arch/PKGBUILD

@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 # Maintainer: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <info@veen.world>
 
 pkgname=package-manager
-pkgver=1.9.2
+pkgver=1.9.3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Local-flake wrapper for Kevin's package-manager (Nix-based)."
 arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/package-manager"
 license=('MIT')
 
-# Nix is the only runtime dependency; Python is provided by the Nix closure.
+# Nix is required at runtime to run pkgmgr via the flake.
-depends=('nix')
+# On Arch x86_64 we can depend on the distro package.
+# On other arches (e.g. ARM) we only declare it as optional because the
+# repo package may be broken/out-of-sync; installation can be done via the official installer.
+depends=()
+optdepends=('nix: required to run pkgmgr via flake')
+
+if [[ "${CARCH}" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+  depends=('nix')
+  optdepends=()
+fi
+
 makedepends=('rsync')
 
 install=${pkgname}.install

packaging/debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+package-manager (1.9.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Made the Nix dependency optional on non-x86_64 architectures to avoid broken Arch Linux ARM repository packages.
+
+ -- Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world>  Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:44:40 +0100
+
 package-manager (1.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Default configuration files are now packaged and loaded correctly when no user config exists, while fully preserving custom user configurations.

packaging/fedora/package-manager.spec

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           package-manager
-Version:        1.9.2
+Version:        1.9.3
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper that runs Kevin's package-manager via Nix flake
 
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ echo ">>> package-manager removed. Nix itself was not removed."
 /usr/lib/package-manager/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2026 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.9.3-1
+- Made the Nix dependency optional on non-x86_64 architectures to avoid broken Arch Linux ARM repository packages.
+
 * Sun Dec 21 2025 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.9.2-1
 - Default configuration files are now packaged and loaded correctly when no user config exists, while fully preserving custom user configurations.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "kpmx"
-version = "1.9.2"
+version = "1.9.3"
 description = "Kevin's package-manager tool (pkgmgr)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"